When Morrissey went as a delegate to the Republican National Convention, he went unaffiliated, not having pledged to vote for any candidate but ultimately cast his vote for Trump.

But the attempts to tie the opposing candidate to Hillary Clinton fly both ways.

One Morrisey ad said Jenkins voted for Clinton, but Ballotpedia said that's not true and says Morrisey;s team provided shaky, circumstantial evidence to back their claims. Jenkins also filed a complaint.

And then you have the ads coming from Blankenship’s camp, and even negative ads being put out by outside political action groups

So, what's this all mean?

We took the ads to Marybeth Beller, a political science professor at Marshall University

"It's very dangerous to voters, a democracy only works because people have faith in the system. They believe that if actively participate that the outcome will be a fair outcome, but when we're told untruths, it hinders out ability to have faith in the system," Beller said

Beller said it suppresses voter turnout. What should voters do when trying to navigate through the barrage of ads and claims that are standing on shaky ground?

"Voters have to be active. We know that PolitiFact is a nonprofit organization that does a very good job of weeding through what candidates and political leaders say and publish the truth," Beller said. "But voters also have to look at multiple news sources and have credible sources of news and not believe the ads.

There are three other candidates in this Republican race for U.S. Senate, Jack Newbrough, Tom Willis and Bo Copley.

And don't expect these negative ads to go away anytime soon, this is just the primary. Things will likely heat up in the general election in November, but what damage will be done to the candidate who survives and wins the GOP primary? Only time will tell.